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Keyhole Placement Of Stomach Stimulator Electrodes

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 43647

Through several small incisions with a camera, electrodes are attached to the muscle wall of the lower part of the stomach, or worn electrodes are replaced. The pulse generator that drives them sits under the skin and is placed in a separate procedure. The mild electrical pulses are used for people with long-standing nausea and vomiting caused by a stomach that empties too slowly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement Of Stomach Stimulator Electrodes cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$575 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,188 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $479 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,981professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$46,773.51
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$1,738

SD $2,818KY $339

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.